Covid 19 is not yet
eliminated and the nos. are suddenly increasing .. .. yet, we find thousands of
people loitering on road, following roadshows of political leaders and
more .. .. and there are lot of Sports
activities too !!
Dust storms
cause soil loss from the dry lands, and worse, they preferentially remove
organic matter and the nutrient-rich lightest particles, thereby reducing
agricultural productivity. Dust storms
are not limited to Earth and have been known to form on other planets such as
Mars. .. .. as we read along the natural
phenomenon – in Brazil, it was created artificially (this was exactlyi an year ago !) .. yes – A
police helicopter in Brazil created a sandstorm on a beach in an attempt
to remove sunbathers flouting coronavirus restrictions. The incident took place
on Galheta beach in the city of Florianopolis, Santa Catarina. At that time
Brazil was not under a national lockdown, but the state of Santa
Catarina was under emergency measures since 17 Mar 2020. At that time Brazil had recorded 46 deaths from the disease, with the
total number of infections standing at 2,247 !!
On Saturday,
Sachin Tendulkar announced on social media that he has tested positive for
Covid-19. The former India batsman and captain added that his symptoms were
mild, that no one else in his family had been affected and that he has gone
into isolation. Then Yusuf Pathan, who
was Tendulkar's team-mate in that tournament, also posted on Twitter that he
has tested positive and yesterday, S
Badrinath became the third player from the tournament to announce that he had
test positive – they were part of Indian team (Indian Legends) in a tournament
conducted by Unacademy Road Safety World
Series.
The situation is
worsening and worrisome too - a few
checkposts in Kerala witnessed vehicles piling up on Friday as the bordering
state of Karnataka made renewed efforts to strictly enforce the COVID-19
regulations at the border. As part of its latest measures in view of the surge
in COVID-19 cases in both states, Karnataka did not allow road travellers from
Kerala to enter the state without a negative COVID-19 test certificate.
India on Monday recorded
68,020 new Covid-19 cases, taking the total tally to 1,20,39,644, according to
data from the Union Health Ministry. With 291 deaths in the last
24 hours, the overall death toll touched 1,61,843. There are 5,21,808 active
coronavirus cases in the country while as many as 1,13,55,993 people have
recovered from the disease. Maharashtra recorded 40,414 new cases on Sunday,
yet another high for the state. Karnataka reported more than 3,000 cases for
the first time since November 5. Over
the last three days, Maharashtra has recorded more than 1.13 lakh new
infections ! Tamil Nadu recorded 2194
positive cases of COVID-19 on Sunday, bringing the state tally to 8,79,473.
Among these, Chennai reported 833 positive cases, bringing the city’s total to
2,46,339.
Globally US has
30239625 cases and going by deaths caused by Covid 19 (2778310 globally) – USA
is on top with 548377; Brazil 310550; Mexico 201429; India 161552; United
Kingdom 126573; Ital;y 107636 but
perhaps all is not well and real !!
Mexico's government
acknowledged Saturday that the country's true death toll from the coronavirus
pandemic now stands at 321,059, almost 60 per cent more
than the official test-confirmed number of 201,429. !! [how can that be !!] Mexico does
little testing, and because hospitals were overwhelmed, many Mexicans died at
home without getting a test. The only way to get a clear picture is to review
'excess deaths' and review death certificates. On Saturday, the government
quietly published such a report, which found there were 294,287 deaths linked
to COVID-19 from the start of the pandemic through February 14. Since February 15 there have been an
additional 26,772 test-confirmed deaths.
Mexico's government said
Saturday that the country's true death toll from the pandemic now stands above
321,000, almost 60% more than the official test-confirmed number of 201,429. The higher toll would rival that of Brazil,
which currently has the world's second-highest number of deaths and .. .. Mexico's population of 126 million is far
smaller than Brazil's 211 million. Former President Felipe Calderón wrote in his Twitter account Saturday that
'more than 400,000 Mexicans have died, above the average for previous years ...
probably the highest figure in the world'.
But some experts say COVID-19 may have contributed to many of the other
excess deaths because many people couldn't get treatment for other diseases
because hospitals were overwhelmed.
Sad is the state of affairs and sadly it appears people are not caring
for themselves!
With regards – S.
Sampathkumar
29.3.2021.
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